Social mobility in globalization circumstances

Social circumstances and dietary intake.

While the debate over unhealthy food environments and personal responsibility continues, the basic concept that social circumstances affect dietary intake is generally wellaccepted. How social factors exert their effects and whether the processes are amenable to change, however, are issues of primary interest and importance to public health nutrition professionals. In this edition of Public Hea...

Globalization and Social Policy

Globalization and Social Transition

When the Bolivian government tried to privatize water services on the recommendation of the World Bank in 1999 the citizens of Cochabamba, the country's third largest city, took their opposition to this liberalization project to the streets. These demonstrations intensii ed following a steep rise in water prices which had been the result of the takeover of the local water works by multinational...

Population Mobility, Globalization, and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance

Population mobility is a main factor in globalization of public health threats and risks, specifically distribution of antimicrobial drug-resistant organisms. Drug resistance is a major risk in healthcare settings and is emerging as a problem in community-acquired infections. Traditional health policy approaches have focused on diseases of global public health significance such as tuberculosis,...

inter-generation woman’s social mobility in tehran

the study of social mobility is part of urban studies. iranian sociological investigations do not reflect much about the problem of women’s social mobility; while understanding the dynamics of women’s mobility and its extent can help in planning and policy-making within the framework of social studies. the present research probes into women’s inter-generation social mobility in an iranian urban...